Shadows of the Heart

Factions

While the politics of The Northern Empire hold strong compared to much of the Wasteland, but even here the cities and factions fight to survive and often call upon the aid of mercenaries and heroes in difficult times. As with all those cast into the wasteland, trust is not easily given, and your reputation with these cities and organizations is vital if you’re to survive in the frozen empire.

Reputation

Reputation represents your relationship with the cities and organizations in the empire. Players earn reputation with groups in a number of different ways, such as donating religious artifacts to their respective church, completing quests for organizations, protecting members of a city, hunting down the enemies of an organization and bringing back proof of the deed, and, at low enough reputation levels, just having positive interactions with members of an organization or city can earn you reputation with them. Negative interactions or actions either hostile to a group or antagonistic to their goals will similarly result in a loss of reputation.

Reputation is tracked much like Karma and grants bonuses (or penalties) with the respective city or organization depending on your reputation with them:

Reputation Level

Reward

100

Major Faction Reward. Special quests may become available, NPCs within the group who could benefit from your aid will often seek you out, the organization will often request your aid with priority situations.

75

Moderate Faction Reward. Special quests may become available, NPCs within the group who could benefit from your aid will often seek you out, the organization may begin requesting your aid with priority situations.

50

+1 Faction Disposition. Members of this group are happy to barter with you and will often take your words and actions in a better light. Special quests may become available, NPCs within the group who could benefit from your aid will begin to seek you out.

25

Minor Faction Reward. Special quests may become available.

0

Neutral.

-25

-1 Faction Disposition. Members of this group may refuse to barter with you and are likely to take your words and actions in the worst light.

-50

Faction Unfriendly. Members of this group will refuse to barter with you and will be hesitant to interact at all.

-75

Faction Hostile. Members of the group will often attempt to detain or kill you and they may have placed a bounty upon your head. Organizations opposed to this group may seek you out.

-100

Faction Hated. Members of the group are actively attempting to detain or kill you and they likely have placed a sizable bounty upon your head. Organizations opposed to this group will likely seek you out.

Notably, many cities and factions offer one or more types of rewards for gaining reputation with them. These rewards often represent the level of trust or show of merit they require from an individual before offering unique training or services for purchase or rewards. These rewards are noted below: